Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cells Benefits and Blood Banking

You save your money in the bank for future needs, why not save your baby’s cord blood in the bank to cure future deadly diseases.

Umbilical cord blood banking could be the most worthwhile health insurance in the modern world. Why? Simply because it cures over 80 numbers of deadly diseases and injuries. That 80 is still growing rapidly.

Stem Cells are cells that can regenerate and turn into the cells that form all other tissues, organs, and systems in the body. They serve as a repair system for the body. They replenish without limit new cells or tissues to replace destroyed and injured ones.

Cord blood stem cells are the most advantageous types of stem cells due to their higher rates of proliferation, immunological immaturity, and reduced exposure to viruses and aging. The latest Science has discovered is through the umbilical cord stem cells after the human embryonic stem cells. They are proven safe in the human body and have been used effectively in medical treatments. With these life saving treatments, cord blood banking is now widely advise for future stem cell theraphy needs.

Cord blood is collected after the baby is born and the umbilical cord has been clamped and cut. No worries because it won’t even hurt the mother and the baby. :) Once the cord blood has been collected, it is sent to a laboratory for processing and storage. You can either donate your baby’s cord blood in a public donation bank anonymously or store it exclusively in a private family bank for your own family medical needs in the future.

• Cord blood transplant is painless and invasive while in bone marrow transplant, the patient may experience more pain and collection of blood in the hip uses large needles. Ouch!

• In cord blood transplant, stem cells are collected from the placenta or from the umbilical cord at the time of delivery while stem cells from bone marrow requires a surgical procedure, usually under general anesthesia. Just imagine the post-operative pain and small risk to the donor. In terms of risk, bone marrow transplant is so risky.

• In cord blood stem cells a wide range of recipients or beneficiaries may benefit from it because these stem cells can be stored and transplanted back into the donor, to a close family member or even matched unrelated recipient while in bone marrow transplant, a perfect match must be strictly confirmed. This is because stem cells from cord blood are very regenerative and adoptive. Isn’t it a magic!

• Cord blood transplant is pretty much cheaper than bone marrow.

• Cord blood transplant can be done sooner than bone marrow because the time and access to acquire cord blood is so quick Units are pre-harvested and median search time is less than one month. While in bone marrow transplant, you have to track down perfect matched registered donors and median search time is greater than four months.

To list the stem cells in lifesaving treatments, it has multiple life-saving benefits that applies to:

Leukemias , Lymphomas and other Blood Cancers

• Acute Biphenotypic Leukemia
• Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL)
• Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML)
• Acute Undifferentiated Leukemia
• Adult T Cell Leukemia/Lymphoma
• Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)
• Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML)
• Hodgkin's Lymphoma
• Juvenile Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (JCML)
• Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia (JMML)
• Multiple Myeloma
• Myeloid/Natural Killer (NK) Cell Precursor Acute Leukemia
• Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
• Prolymphocytic Leukemia
• Plasma Cell Leukemia
• Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia

Other Cancers

• Brain Tumors
• Ewing Sarcoma
• Neuroblastoma
• Ovarian Cancer
• Renal Cell Carcinoma
• Rhabdomyosarcoma
• Small-Cell Lung Cancer
• Testicular Cancer
• Thymoma (Thymic Carcinoma)

Bone Marrow Failure Disorders

• Amegakaryocytosis
• Aplastic Anemia (Severe)
• Blackfan-Diamond Anemia
• Congenital Cytopenia
• Congenital Dyserythropoietic Anemia
• Dyskeratosis Congenita
• Fanconi Anemia
• Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH)
• Pure Red Cell Aplasia

Hemoglobinopathies

• Beta Thalassemia Major
• Sickle Cell Disease

Histiocytic Disorders

• Familial Erythrophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis
• Hemophagocytosis
• Langerhans' Cell Histiocytosis (Histiocytosis X)

Myelodysplastic/Myeloproliferative Disorders

• Acute Myelofibrosis
• Agnogenic Myeloid Metaplasia (Myelofibrosis)
• Amyloidosis
• Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia (CMML)
• Essential Thrombocythemia
• Polycythemia Vera
• Refractory Anemias (RA) including:

• Refractory Anemia with Excess Blasts (RAEB)
• Refractory Anemia with Excess Blasts in Transformation (RAEB-T)
• Refractory Anemia with Ringed Sideroblasts (RARS)

Inherited Metabolic Disorders

• Adrenoleukodystrophy
• Fucosidosis
• Gaucher Disease
• Hunter Syndrome (MPS-II)
• Hurler Syndrome (MPS-IH)
• Krabbe Disease
• Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome
• Mannosidosis
• Maroteaux-Lamy Syndrome (MPS-VI)
• Metachromatic Leukodystrophy
• Mucolipidosis II (I-cell Disease)
• Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis (Batten Disease)
• Niemann-Pick Disease
• Sandhoff Disease
• Sanfilippo Syndrome (MPS-III)
• Scheie Syndrome (MPS-IS)
• Sly Syndrome (MPS-VII)
• Tay Sachs
• Wolman Disease

Inherited Immune System Disorders

• Chronic Granulomatous Disease
• Congenital Neutropenia
• Leukocyte Adhesion Deficiency
• Severe Combined Immunodeficiencies (SCID) including:

• Adenosine Deaminase Deficiency
• Bare Lymphocyte Syndrome
• Chediak-Higashi Syndrome
• Kostmann Syndrome
• Omenn Syndrome
• Purine Nucleoside Phosphorylase Deficiency
• Reticular Dysgenesis

Wiskott-Aldrich SyndromeX-Linked Lymphoproliferative Disorder

Other Inherited Disorders

• Cartilage-Hair Hypoplasia
• Congenital Erythropoietic Porphyria (Gunther Disease)
• DiGeorge Syndrome
• Osteopetrosis

Other

• Chronic Active Epstein Barr
• Evans Syndrome
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
• Thymic Dysplasia

Source: Medical literature and clinicaltrials.gov.